Configuring Cisco Cloud APIC Using the Setup Wizard
Follow the procedures in this topic to set up the cloud infrastructure configuration for your Cisco Cloud APIC. Cisco Cloud APIC will automatically deploy the required Google Cloud constructs.
Before you begin
Following are the prerequisites for this task:
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You have a minimum of two Google Cloud projects, one for ACI infra and one per tenant.
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You have successfully completed the procedures that are provided in Deploying the Cloud APIC in Google Cloud.
Procedure
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Locate the IP address for your Cisco Cloud APIC. The management IP address is shown at the end of the output from the Deployment Manager in Deploying the Cloud APIC in Google Cloud. You can also locate the IP address for your Cisco Cloud APIC by navigating to External IP column is the IP address for your Cisco Cloud APIC. . The IP address shown in the |
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Open a browser window and, using the secure version of HTTP (https://), paste the IP address into the URL field, then press Return to access this Cisco Cloud APIC. For example, https://192.168.0.0. If you see a message asking you to Ignore Risk and Accept Certificate, accept the certificate to continue. |
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Enter the following information in the login page for the Cisco Cloud APIC:
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Click Login at the bottom of the page.
The Welcome to Cisco Cloud APIC setup wizard page appears. |
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Click Begin Set Up. The Let's Configure the Basics page appears, with these areas to be configured:
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In the DNS and NTP Servers row, click Edit Configuration. The DNS and NTP page appears. |
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In the DNS and NTP page, add the DNS, if necessary, and NTP servers.
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When you have finished adding the DNS and NTP servers, click Save and Continue. The Let's Configure the Basics page appears again. |
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In the Region Management row, click Begin. The Region Management page appears. |
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Verify that all of the regions in the page are selected. With Google Cloud, the VPC resource is a global resource, which means that it spans all Google Cloud regions. By default, all regions are managed by Google Cloud (all of the regions are selected and can't be unselected) and inter-region connectivity is present. |
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Determine if you want to configure external network connectivity.
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Click Next at the bottom of the page. If you enabled external network connectivity, the General Connectivity page appears. |
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Enter the necessary information in the Hub Network area, if necessary. Hub network management is used to deploy cloud routers on specific managed regions. Note the following restrictions:
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Enter the necessary information in the IPSec Tunnel Subnet Pools area. |
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When you have entered all the necessary information on this page, click Save and Continue at the bottom of the page.
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Click the Intent icon. |
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In the Workflows area, click Cloud APIC Setup. |
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In the Smart Licensing row, click Register. The Smart Licensing page appears. |
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Enter the necessary information in the Smart Licensing page. Cisco Smart Licensing is a unified license management system that manages software licenses across Cisco products. To register your Cisco Cloud APIC with Cisco Smart Software Licensing, do the following
To learn more about Smart Software Licensing, visit https://www.cisco.com/go/smartlicensing. |
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Click Register at the bottom of the page if you entered the necessary licensing information on this page, or click Continue in Evaluation Mode if you want to continue in evaluation mode instead. The Summary page appears. |
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Verify the information on the Summary page, then click Finish. At this point, you are finished with the internal network connectivity configuration for your Cisco Cloud APIC. If this is the first time that you are deploying your Cisco Cloud APIC, this process might take quite a bit of time, possibly 30 minutes or so before the process is successfully completed. |
What to do next
Complete the procedures in any of the following sections or documents, if necessary:
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If you are managing additional sites (an on-premises site or cloud sites) along with the Cisco Cloud APIC site, refer to the Managing Google Cloud Sites Using Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator document.